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    Catseye3
    wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:31 last edited by
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    That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • C Catseye3
      27 Jan 2023, 14:31

      That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

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      mark
      wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:47 last edited by
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      The Hubble looks at the dust. The Web looks through the dust.

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        27 Jan 2023, 14:31

        That really is interesting. I have often wondered how a little bird's brain survives those thunderous blows without rattling around in its skull like a BB in a bottle.

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        mark
        wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:51 last edited by
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        @Catseye3 I didn't mean to reply to your comment with another Mildly Interesting post.

        I meant to say. Maybe we should start a "Really Interesting" thread. But then I thought, who determines what is Mildly Interesting vs. Really Interesting? It's so subjective. 😉

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        • M mark
          27 Jan 2023, 14:27

          @bachophile WTF is that? It looks like a stubby cargo ship but what is the structure on the left?

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          bachophile
          wrote on 27 Jan 2023, 14:53 last edited by
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          @mark left of what?

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          • B bachophile
            27 Jan 2023, 14:53

            @mark left of what?

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            mark
            wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 20:59 last edited by
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            @bachophile It's just the strangest looking ship I have seen.

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              mark
              wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:00 last edited by
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              The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction

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              https://hasanjasim.online/the-earths-spinning-inner-core-recently-paused-then-changed-direction/?fbclid=IwAR1S8_BW2SgL4nWq3zhca1HqzCs4teE2-Z2p6ZNV80mwFoOW-S5deuwVlFQ

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              • M mark
                28 Jan 2023, 21:00

                The Earth’s Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Changed Direction

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                https://hasanjasim.online/the-earths-spinning-inner-core-recently-paused-then-changed-direction/?fbclid=IwAR1S8_BW2SgL4nWq3zhca1HqzCs4teE2-Z2p6ZNV80mwFoOW-S5deuwVlFQ

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                Catseye3
                wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:34 last edited by
                #824

                @mark

                Is this, uh, something to worry about?

                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                • C Catseye3
                  28 Jan 2023, 21:34

                  @mark

                  Is this, uh, something to worry about?

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                  George K
                  wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 21:36 last edited by
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                  @Catseye3 said in Mildly interesting:

                  Is this, uh, something to worry about?

                  What? You didn't feel it?

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Rainman
                    wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 22:31 last edited by
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                    When I was a kid we had this guy Newton somewhere in our school, and he made a bunch of laws.
                    As I recall something about something continuing in the same direction unless a force acted upon it. So, this "author" expects me to believe that a huge mass of spinning stuff can reverse direction in just a handful of years?
                    Ever played with an out of balance basketball? That's our earth! Literally like a basketball. Same color too.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 01:34 last edited by
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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on 29 Jan 2023, 12:07 last edited by
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                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:45 last edited by jon-nyc
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                          I didn’t know much about these guys, other than driving by them now and then. Interesting business model, but I’ll stick to the NY Sports Club.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 00:47 last edited by
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                            Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              George K
                              wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:21 last edited by
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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                30 Jan 2023, 15:21

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                                Horace
                                wrote on 30 Jan 2023, 15:39 last edited by
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                                @George-K Seems the invention of contraptions is an underappreciated piece of the moviemaking art. Someone oughta do a documentary series on that subject.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 01:01 last edited by
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                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:06 last edited by
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                                    • J jon-nyc
                                      30 Jan 2023, 00:47

                                      Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:32 last edited by
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                                      @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                      Also the more I learn about franchise models the more they seem really predatory.

                                      I’m a member but I use it. It’s a great club and worth more than $10 a month.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 03:41 last edited by
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                                        The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                                          31 Jan 2023, 03:41

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                                          The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 31 Jan 2023, 16:23 last edited by
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                                          @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                          The only (or one of the only) ground photographs of the Hiroshima bomb explosion.

                                          I assume the, lucky, photographer was probably looking away from the explosion when the flash occurred. It seems like most people in that area would be, at least temporarily, blinded.

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